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The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema - Hardcover

Vasudevan, R.

 
9780230247642: The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema

Synopsis

What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do film audiences engage with socio-political issues? What role has cinema played in the emergence of new economic forms, consumer cultures and digital technologies in a globalizing India? Ravi Vasudevan addresses these questions in a wide-ranging analysis of Indian cinema.

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About the Author


RAVI VASUDEVAN is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India, and co-initiator of Sarai, the Centre's programme on media and urban research. He has taught Film Studies at universities in India and the USA, and held fellowships at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, the School of Oriental and African Studies and Princeton. His articles have been widely published, anthologized and translated. He is editorial advisor to Screen, founding editor of BioScope, a journal of South Asian screen studies, and edited Making Meaning in Indian Cinema (2000).

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ISBN 10:  8178244551 ISBN 13:  9788178244556
Publisher: Permanent Black, 2015
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